# Khari Village, Mathurapur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khari

Khari is a village in Mathurapur - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **21,900 people in 4,679 households**, the 2nd largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 21,900people (2011)
- 4,679households
- 76.1%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khari

Of every 100 households in Khari in 2011, 50 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Khari · ■ Mathurapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**43%

Tap water ****19%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**94%

Use banking services ****37%**

**27%

Television ****28%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****26%**

**34%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Khari?

■ Khari · ■ Mathurapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**949

Working population ****36.7%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 68.9% for women. 57% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 535 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,788 (22%) · **■** Household industry 502 (6%) · **■** Other work 2,598 (32%) · **■** Marginal 2,606 (32%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mathurapur - II

- Gilarchat25,897 people
- Raydighi Abad20,467 people
- Kumarapara17,682 people
- Dighirpar Bakultala14,080 people
- Kankandighi12,900 people

[All 27 villages in Mathurapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khari?21,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khari in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khari?76.1% (Census 2011)